We at PI are seeing more publishers wanting embedded indexing for ebooks and/or just to get the indexing done earlier in the production cycle (before final page proof). Traditional Embedded Indexing: The Issues Embedded indexing directly in either InDesign or Microsoft Word has some built-in problems that make the task tedious and quite a bit […]
Shall I Index This Book?
Freelancing can be a tough gig. We are almost constantly concerned about getting and keeping clients and work. Even if we are up to our eyebrows in work, we hesitate to turn away work. Sometimes we submit a bid or accept anything that’s offered. No matter how desperate we are for work, acceptance should […]
The Comfort Zone
As an indexer (probably an introvert), working from home, with only the cat to supervise my work, I have escaped the stress of employment. I don’t have to trek out daily regardless of the weather to deal with people who may be wishing that they were still at home. That does not mean that there […]
PI Associate Interview: Shoshana Hurwitz
Your Business PI: How long have you been an associate at Potomac Indexing? I celebrated my one-year anniversary with Potomac Indexing this past September. PI: Tell us your indexing (or other information access system) origin story. All superheroes, including indexers, have an origin story. I have always had an interest in the beauty of the […]
PDF to Word Conversion
I’m a skeptic, and possibly addicted to hard data, i.e. to numbers, when it comes to evaluating advertising claims, etc. I’ve heard that Adobe Acrobat Pro DC is accurate in preserving pagination and format when converting to .docx, but I am instinctively skeptical. Because I want to be able to get PDFs into Index Manager […]
PI Associate Interview: Elise Hess
We’re running a series of interviews to introduce you all to our wonderfully talented group of independent indexers and taxonomists who enable us to say “yes” to the variety of project types and turnaround times our clients are looking for. Today, we’d like you to get to know one of our newer indexers, Elise Hess. Your […]
